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Subject:
No Subject
Date:
Fri, 3 Oct 1997 14:35:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:
PatBarnett@aol.com
To:
barnett@cts.com, SBarnett@tnl-online.com,
JGAMTMANN2@aol.com, SCRPSVW@earthlink.net
Forward from Gene Schwartz
>From PRB
>From Garth:
10 words that don't exist, but should:
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1. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks' trus) adj. Possessing the
ability to turn the bathtub faucet on and off with your
toes.
2. CARPERPETUATION (kar' pur pet u a shun) n. The act,
when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of
lint at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it
up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the
vacuum one more chance.
3. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the piece
of candy you dropped on the floor by blowing on it,
assuming this will somehow 'remove' all the germs.
4. ELBONICS (el bon' iks) n. The actions of two people
maneuvering for one armrest in a movie theater.
5. FRUST (frust) n. The small line of debris that refuses
to be swept onto the dust pan and keeps backing a person
across the room until he finally decides to give up and
sweep it under the rug.
6. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man gyu lay' shun) n.
Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk
container so badly that one has to resort to the
'illegal' side.
7. PEPPIER (pehp ee ay') n. The waiter at a fancy
restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around
asking diners if they want ground pepper.
8. PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n. The affliction of dialing a
phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as
they answer.
9. PUPKUS (pup' kus) n. The moist residue left on a
window after a dog presses its nose to it.
10. TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun) n. The act
of always letting the phone ring at least twice before
you pick it
up, even when you're only six inches away.
Couple more New Words:
(from HBO's "Not Necessarily The News" years
ago)
SHIGGLE (shi'gl): To rapidly wiggle a packet of sugar
with one's fingers before tearing it open, to keep it
from spilling.
...and (my favorite),
BURBULATION (ber byu la' shun): The act of repeatedly
trying to open a
refrigerator door fast enough to observe the light
turning on.
rgds, John Gummere =Sundog Productions=
<love this stuff!>
copyright 2006 Unleashed!
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